http://slow.writerscafe.org/Whippeachz The original writings of author Jennifer P en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776071570 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 My life began as betrayalThose who were to protectCaused my painThose who should guideLeft me hangingI understoodWhat a child shouldn'tThe skills I needed to surviveI had to teach myselfI jumped into things to surviveThat were my doomI tried to protect myselfBut I couldn'tThe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/2954559/ Not born of my body Nor raised by meBut when she met my sonShe was mine you seeA woman who could have beenA daughter to meShe was so full of love And so carefreeI opened my armsI opened my heartI prayed she and my sonWould never partBut in a moment that changedThe doctors spokeAnd the word.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/2816272/ I Am So TiredI am tired of the hateI am tired of the fearI am tired of the panicThat has brought me hereI Am So TiredI am tired of the mediaAnd all of it's liesI'm tired of the governmentsCompromised eyesI Am So TiredI am tired of the deathI am tired of the dramaI am tired of cancel cultureAnd all o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/2816270/ About dealing with my chronic pain http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/2807165/ I share pieces ofmyselfLike a patchworkquiltA piece here and apiece thereNo one ever knowsthe complete me So many think theyknow meI share a glimmer ofmy painSmall pieces of thewholeBut I hide the scars I knowJust how strong I am.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/1918904/ Oh how I long for your desire To come alive in your eyesHow I ache for you to hold me In your arms the pain is lessUnder your touch my heart thrivesWhat I would give for one moment But the moment never comesThe intimacy I need denied meAnd you cold a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/1813428/ They told her she was brokenAnd she believed themThey told her she was abnormalAnd she clipped her wingsShe tried to find normalWhat is normal?Normal is conformityThere is nothing special in normalShe watched the leaf fall from the treeAnd tried to see normalS.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/1507157/ Just thoughts http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/1452773/ To my husband of 17 years http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/1209832/ As a mother I would be thereTo watch them day by dayTo hold their hand and wishAll the boogie men awayBut as a mother I have learnedTo be there day by dayAnd stand aside so they can learnWhile I'm here to guide their wayYou wish to save them the griefYou know will find them allBut instead stand besi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/1169282/ My oldest is a blazing orange, firey yet warm, She's not like any other, Unlike her younger brother.He is a deep deep blue A color of the darkest hue. Moody and mellow, Unlike my little yellow.Yellow as the sun youngest is he, radiant and sparkling as he can be.&nb.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/1033788/ I fired my friend todayTo take good care of meThey always needed somethingAnd would never let me beWhen problems of my own aroseTheir issues were always firstWhen my life was falling apartTheir life was always worseSo I fired my friend todayI will not tell a lieThey used me and they stressed meUntil.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/1033759/ Life is full of pain and heartacheAnd we could let it beTo stand aside and watch ourselves Be carried out to seaBut Life is full of joy as wellPeace and Beauty and loveWe must learn to accept it allTo reach for the undreamed ofMaybe I can't change the pastAnd the future I can't seeBut I have to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/703498/ Rumble…I step outsideMy eyes blink in responseTo the sudden flash of blueBoom… the ground shakesThe air is alive and intense I step out into the ragingThe  ground shakes with furyBright light streaks the skyLike a living snakeThe wind swirls arou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/431680/ I wish for just a little cabinTo have as my own homeWith trees and some open fieldsWhere I can run and roam I need not roses or carnationsWild flowers a plenty will doJust enough power for my computerAnd a sky that's mostly blue I do not need the hustle and bust.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/431190/  Winter comes and the world dies.Cold, alone, and desolate,It hibernates waiting,For the first signs of life. My life is winter right now.So many plans and dreams,In limbo … waiting,For the moment they can revive. I would cry for dreams lost,Only.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/431176/ An old man walks the roadStumbling from time to timeHe lurches a little and reaches outGrabbing a pole he passesWho is this man you wonder Would you believe me if I told youHe was once well knownHe has given away more moneyThan you or I ever hadHe was.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/431155/ For My Dad ... RIP http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/430804/ As writers I'm sure we all have days like this. Just amusing and tacky for fun. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/430801/ Do you know How important you areto me?Sometimes you Cross my thoughtsMany times a dayAnd I wish you Were hereTo laugh with meCry with meJust be with me Do you knowHow important you are to me?I am thankfuleveryday that you area wonderful Part of my lifeYo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/379409/ Some challenges test your mindThey spin inside your headTeasing you, baiting you Until at last you have the answer Some challenges test your heartThey batter at the wallsWaiting for you to breakUntil at last you stand unbroken Some challenges test your willThey plead .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/379408/ I don't know where But somewhere back there I made a wrong turn Forgot what I'd learned I'm turning around With my feet on the ground Got a long way Better start out today I'm pacing myself Take the weights off the shelf I won't miss the chance I'm gonna dance It's coming r.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/301100/ I picked up the paper and read what they had written. "Ellen Dunbar, age 84 of Ashford, OH died Sunday in her home, she was preceded by her husband....." I sighed and put the paper down. I was thinking about all the things that were not said. Ellen Dunbar was a very special woman and very active in .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/295191/  Loneliness is an emptinessSharp needles piercing the soulLonging for something out of reachAching for the once known I find myself longing For the innocence of youthFriends who had not yet betrayedStill so innocent of truth I long for one to speak to meWho und.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/252324/ Mist that hovers over groundShadows moving to and froWhispers call through the stillOn the petals of the roseHearts that cry in sweet despairWhile they crack in twoLike a teardrop meant to cryDrips off the early dew Sweet melody so hauntingDrifts through the thickened airA.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/242733/ Light is seams,Hope to sew,Life is patchwork,Still unknown. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/233965/ Reality fades as your hand brushes mineMy heart pounds, my breathe catchesI burn with a fire I cannot put out You reach for me and I meltInto the bliss of your armsInto the essence of you I ache to touch, to tasteTo let the sensations take overTo abandon myself to the p.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/233962/ Ah, such beauty and eloquence has surely undone me.I swoon under the assault of your poise and charm.For surely I have never heard words so sweet,Nor seen thoughts so fluently adorn a folio.Surely I shall dream sweet dreams tonight,For the gentry of the past must inspire you.To dream and yet...Such .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/233961/ I step up to the challenge to leave my world of dreams,To live in reality in the stone cold solidity of the world,Yet I find myself growing hard and cold,My inner self languishing, longing to be unfurled. I learn more of myself and the truth of reality,Reality is a staircase leading.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/233960/ written in 1999 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/233958/ R.I.P. Dad 1923-2007 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/233956/ It is in moments like thesethat I could close my eyesAnd imagine of all creatures, I should be an eagleOne to soar highWith nothing More than the wind Beneath my wings... Close your eyes and fly with me... Please do not expect anything of meI am not in a position to make promisesI .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/233952/ In the trenches of destiny the knives brood,  saturated with blood,And the men who carry them along,unnaturally disturbed. Betwixt the aperture of time and space,Domination must resolve,And In the haven of arrogance,Substantiality falls. In the sanctuary of uncerta.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/233951/ written in 1995 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/233950/  An old book a second lookOf what things used to bebefore sports and reportsOn the tvA look into another timeAnother home, another placeA look back to gatesWhere history awaits http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/233949/ The stars twinkle in the heavensThe moon silently stands by Watching the worldAnd casting it's light On to a world bathedIn irridecent blues In a quiet moment I stop and stare at the moonAmused he stares backAs we sit there in silenceTwo friends watching another nightAs .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/233938/ Winter has come and the quietOf the lush landscape is audiableAs the lands freeze overAnd the wild green of summerRests it's weary head Beneath the quilt of snow Seeds and dormant plantsSnuggle in their hollowsAnd the icicle hung morningTwinkles in it's crisp gownOf snow a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/230225/ "I am here" I want to cryBut I stand silentWishing I could say somethingScars have tied meTo the emptiness I feel I want to reach outTo let someone hold my handBut I find trust elusive Even those I know careI can not reach out toI keep thinking if they only knewThe tangled distorted thought.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/228412/  Like the dew drop clingingTo the very tip of the leafThe wink of the star in the heavensThe first look into the eyesOf a newborn child These are the momentsThat define us for all timeIn that second frozenOur lives change foreverWe are different because of them&nbsp.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/228021/ This story is one I wrote for a teacher at my child's school, to help them understand why it's so important to commit when taking a new pet. This was written for Middleschoolers. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/227403/ I read again what I had wroteYears agoThen a darkness dweltIn my soulYet the naivety still came throughI lived in a magic circle then I searched for answersWith my penAnd let my mind wanderThe recesses of my soulAnd the poetry flowedLike a star almost shiningIn it's .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/227381/ I wrote this about my son who has bipolar. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/227193/ Some kisses are soft like butterfly wingsThey tickle the edges of your lipsSoft kisses that remind you Of the very first kiss shy and full of wonderAnd take your breath away Some kisses are warm like the sunThey are gentle and comfortableLike sipping Iced LemonadeOn the porch .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Whippeachz/227048/